Tag:Germany

Waste Management

Germany joins international coalition to tackle plastic waste

Germany has joined the international High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution by 2040 that was launched on Monday, August 22, 2022. Agreement had already...

Michael Simire - August 22, 2022

Marine

Tests in German lagoon provide no answers to Oder fish die-off

First extensive testing of water in a lagoon fed by the Oder River where tonnes of fish died has not revealed anything, regional environment...

Michael Simire - August 19, 2022

Marine

Germany, Poland set up taskforce to probe fish deaths

Germany and Poland are setting up a joint task force to tackle a massive fish die-off in the Oder River between their two countries. The...

Michael Simire - August 15, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Concerns over heatwave as wildfires continue to flare up in Germany

Rain is necessary to ease the forest fire in Germany’s Saxon Switzerland national park that started more than a week ago, the local authority...

Michael Simire - August 2, 2022

Renewable Energy

EU Commission backs German plan to invest €3b in energy scheme

The European Commission on Tuesday backed a German plan to invest nearly €3 billion ($3.07 billion) in a renewable energy scheme for district heating...

Michael Simire - August 2, 2022

Climate Change

Germany’s Scholz concerned at global fossil fuel ‘renaissance’

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed concern at a global renaissance of fossil energy, resulting from a gas shortage caused by the Russian invasion...

Michael Simire - July 18, 2022

Renewable Energy

Germany’s largest importer of Russian gas draws down €2bn credit facility amid energy crisis

Germany’s largest importer of Russian gas, Uniper, has drawn on its €2 billion (or $2.03 billion) credit facility from Germany’s state-owned KfW bank, the...

Michael Simire - July 18, 2022

Climate Change